The batteries were only meant to light up inside of the case, when pc is powered down and cover is open.

Not sure if linux was really powering the second screen or it was the plans for it down the road, but as the matter of fact it was just 2nd screen that connects through USB and no it's not touch. There is no 2nd pc in there and behind that screen only reservoir.

I did an awful lot of research on this case. I found a website with a guy kind enough to share his restoration of his Omen with the rest of the world, and I managed to save all the pics of this process. Unfortunately this website is not online anymore. But those pics enlightened me on pretty much all the questions I had about how this case was built.

Currently, my photobucket gallery is limited to a few - if anybody is interested in the rest of the pics, I'll upload them as well?